Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 2414

Seeing Titus refuse to budge, Brielle's fury reached a breaking point. "Titus, do you even understand what you're saying? Have you lost your mind? Every sect would kill to have a ninth-grade supreme alchemist, and you're trying to drive him away? Do you have any idea how much effort it took me to convince Andrew to stay here in the first place?"

Titus let out a cold snort. "I neither know nor care to know. All you need to do is follow my orders."

Brielle exploded. "Titus, are you completely out of your mind? I've already told you that Mr. Lloyd is a ninth-grade supreme alchemist, vastly superior to that Theon standing next to you. You already know this, yet you still want to treat him this way? Fine then, I'll report this directly to Mr. Bowen and let him decide how to handle your incompetence."

Titus smiled with contempt. "Go ahead. Report it. But let me remind you, Mr. Bowen himself ordered that this man not remain in the Sovereign's Apothecary. You still don't seem to understand what's going on here."

His voice thundered through the courtyard, leaving Brielle stunned in disbelief.

Theon's smug grin deepened, satisfaction written all over his face.

After a long pause, Brielle finally managed to speak, her voice tight and strained. "Why? I want to know what Mr. Bowen's reasoning is for something like this."

"A ninth-grade supreme alchemist staying at Sovereign's Apothecary would bring immeasurable value. How could that possibly be outweighed by Mr. Bowen's narrow-minded prejudice and the sect's petty grudges?"

Theon chimed in, "Madam Baxter, choose your words more carefully. Mr. Bowen's brilliance isn't up for debate, and you have no right to judge his decisions. He gave explicit orders: no further contact or cooperation with Reginald or his son. So Andrew must go, or I won't be polite."

He turned to her with a smirk. "Why cause such a scene over an outsider? Mr. Bowen's decisions are never wrong. From where he sits, he sees everything far more clearly than we do. If he's decided to expel Andrew, then you can be sure he has his reasons, and they're above anything you or I could understand."